I really appreciate this. It is exhausting to think about the myriads of stigmas associated with being too large, too small, or corresponding too well with society's view of 'the perfect size.'Thank you for writing.

How could I not?I enjoy most of your writing, but I connected particularly well with this piece. In a few months, I will probably make a post (on a different account) about weight & the values placed on it (mostly my personal view of it + frustrated ranting).Could I quote part of your poem on there? I can link it back to here. Some of the lines really stand out to me."Zero should be the number / of girls that hate / the width of their hips""...nothing is valued / less / than substance" (This last phrase makes me think of things other than weight, too)Knowing me, I will probably write it, but never actually post it. Still, if I can convince myself to write & post it, may I quote you?

Fitting I should stumble upon this now. I was lamenting how bamboozled women are into mutilating themselves to fit moulds and the like while I was cleaning up a job-site today.

I have always despised this nonsense with women chasing perfection. It might be the Hard Lemonade talking, but I have always found a woman's quirks, her unique intricacies and irreplaceable anomalies which make her so undeniably bewitching. This business with rinse-and-repeat Cosmo models is insulting to each and every one of my caveman instincts.

Happy Friday, at any rate! And I hope you've found yourself some comfortable pants.

Yes, yes, YES.Women's bodies do not exist on a sliding scale, and size is not golf, with the lowest number winning. Arbitrary numerical sizes are ridiculous, even without the nonsensical existence of a "size 0." Men's clothing makes so much more sense. My waist is X inches, my hips are Y inches, and my inseam is Z inches. Presto. Clothes that actually fit.

I know; I'm so jealous of men's sizing. I have the worst time trying to find pants that A) fit and B) are comfortable. My pant size is anywhere from 18 to 24 depending on the brand. And don't get me started on all the "skinny," "low-fit," "high-rise," "boot cut," and whatever other BS is on the tags.

My parents tried that thing where they fed me nothing but vegetables and thought I would eat it eventually when I was hungry enough; this was when I was seven-ish. When we went to visit my Mimi in Virgina, she didn't recognize me cause I was so skinny

It s terrible that we live in a world where everyone has to be a certain size to be considered beautiful I mean... Some girls (like me haha) are just naturally built bigger or others are smaller and it s terrible that people feel so bad about who they are cause of how messed up society is > oh and AWESOME poem ^^ lol sorry i had to say all of that lol, Awesome poem